“Hay is for horses, straw is for cows, Milk is for babies that cry out loud.” – The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, 1959
The above idiom is familiar but it has various different endings. In fact, Jonathan Swift’s version includes pigs and sows.
Animals don’t create objects of desire. Rather they eat their own shit the closer death nears. So why do humans create objects of desire?
Allegedly, those desert wandering Israelites created a golden calf. Similarly, those born-again Christians created a man-god.
I suppose it’s an innate personal void in their life. Certainly, if the person were content with the hand they were dealt they wouldn’t “create” an object that will entice further wants later in life or “create” an object that will solve their fear of the unknown.
Building an “idol” is on account of an identity issue. Think about it. If a person lacked nothing and wanted nothing, perhaps it is because their mind is content.
It’s one thing to believe in something you can’t see, yet continue to seek it from greater than one source or venue; but it’s foolishness (identity problem) to continue to seek the hidden “message” in the same place every single time; yet claim its existence is based purely on faith. It could be both narrow-minded and borderline delusional.
https://www.bu.edu/arion/archive/volume-18/colin_wells_how_did_god_get-started/
Many Houses 